If we are today’s minimizers or deniers of the racism, religious bigotry, and other evils of our Christian ancestors—not to mention our Christian contemporaries, aren’t we in some way their allies? By excusing ourselves of responsibility because we were not the active perpetrators of evils (racism, environmental plunder, oppression of women and LGBTQ persons, and so on), do we not become tacit perpetuators of those evils—especially if we continue to benefit from them in some way? In the end, how could a person who avoids admitting truths, taking responsibility, righting wrongs, healing wounds,
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